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To study the effect of herbal materials as anti-cancer agents, the first step is to evaluate their cytotoxic activity; thus in the present study, the cytotoxic activity of the extracts and fractions of Ferula szowitsiana, F. hirtella and F. oopoda in MCF-7, HT-29, A-549 and HepG-2 cells have been investigated through MTT assay. The result showed that the n-hexane and chloroform fractions of F. szowitsiana and F. hirtella were the most cytotoxic to all cell lines while F. hirtella extracts/fractions demonstrated little or no cytotoxic activity. The results suggest that the non-polar/semi polar constituents might be the cause for the cytotoxic behavior of the species....
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Aims: To study effect of piracetam in experimental models of depression. Methods: Mice (n = 6/group) pretreated with distilled water, fluoxetine (28 mg/kg) and piracetam – 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750 and 1000 mg/kg for 7 days were subjected to tail suspension test (TST) on day 7. Rats (n=6/group) were pretreated for 7 days with distilled water, fluoxetine (20 mg/kg) and piracetam (300, 400, 500, 750 and 1000 mg/kg) and on day 7, forced swim test (FST) was conducted. Immobility time in seconds was noted in both the models and analysed using one-way ANOVA (level of significance p<0.05). Results: In TST, immobility time was reduced significantly (p<0.01) and in a dose-dependent manner with all but one dose of piracetam compared to vehicle. In FST, significant difference from control group was seen with higher doses of piracetam (500, 750 and 1000 mg/kg) with a dose-dependent trend. The mean immobility durations in the groups with significant improvement were found to be comparable to that of the respective fluoxetine groups in...
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A simple, rapid, precise and accurate isocratic reversed-phase stability-indicating HPLC method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of Atazanavir (AT) and Ritonavir (RT) in commercial tablets. The method has shown adequate separation for AT, RT from their degradation products. Separation was achieved on a Hypersil BDS-C18, 5 μm, 125 mm × 4.6 mm i.d. column using a mobile phase consisting of buffer (pH3.4) – acetonitrile (50:50, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.5 mL/min and UV detection at 250 nm. The drugs were subjected to oxidation, acid, base hydrolysis, photolysis and heat to apply stress conditions. The linearity of the proposed method was investigated in the range of 7.8–225 μg/mL (r2 = 0.9993) for AT and 2.7-75 μg/mL (r2 = 0.9995) for RT. The limit of detection was 2.4 μg/mL for AT and 0.9 μg/mL for RT. The limit of quantitation was 7.8 μg/mL for AT and 2.7 μg/mL for RT. Degradation products produced as a result of stress studies did not interfere with the detection of AT and RT and the assay can thus be considered...
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In this research work we elucidated the anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activity of hydroalcoholic extract of Asparagus racemosus roots (ARHE) in-vivo. Carrageenan induced paw edema methodology is used to induce inflammation and Diclofenac sodium is used as standard drug whereas Freund’s Complete adjuvant used to induce arthritis and Dexamethasone is used as standard drug. Asparagus racemosus rootswere showed significant anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activity at oral dose of (200mg/kg and...
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An experimental study was carried out to select a suitable complex nutrient medium for growth and As(III) biosorption by an As(III) resistant strain Aspergillus niger X300 .For this purpose different complex nutrient were examined one by one. The recommended complex nutrients (gm%) were corn steep liquir, 20; rice bran extract, 10; paddy soak liquir, 10; wheat bran extract, 15 beef extract, 30, meat extract, 2 0 potato scale extract, 15 and malt extract,...
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